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DesRoches Nunataks
The
DesRoches
Nunataks
are two
nunataks
standing 3
nautical miles
east
of the
Postel Nunatak
in the
southwestern
Patuxent Range
,
Pensacola Mountains
. They were mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from
surveys
and U.S.
Navy
air
photos
, 1956–66, and were named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for
Joseph DesRoches
, a
meteorologist
at
South Pole Station
, winter 1967.